Xerath Mid Build

Xerath Champion Guide

Role: Mage

Lane: Midlane

Xerath Mid performs best with a build featuring Luden's Companion, Sorcerer's Shoes, Horizon Focus, Shadowflame, and Void Staff. The most effective rune setup for Xerath Mid includes Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, and Scorch in the primary tree, paired with Coup de Grace and Presence of Mind in the secondary tree.

Xerath Champion Abilities

Mana Surge

Every 16 seconds Xerath's next attack against a champion restores 60−390 mana. It restores 30−195 mana if attacking minions, jungle monsters or structures.

Whenever Xerath kills a unit, this cooldown is reduced by 2.5 seconds. P

Arcanopulse

Begin Charging: Xerath begins charging an arcane beam, slowing himself gradually up to 50%.

Release: Xerath fires the beam, dealing 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+85% of ability power) magic damage. The range increases with time charged. Q

Eye of Destruction

Xerath calls down a blast of arcane energy, dealing 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+60% of ability power) magic damage and slowing them by 25% for 2.5 seconds. Enemies in the center take 100.02 / 158.365 / 216.71 / 275.055 / 333.4 (+100.02% of ability power) magic damage instead and are slowed by 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80%, decaying over the same duration. W

Shocking Orb

Xerath fires an orb of raw magic, stunning the first enemy hit for up to 0.75−2.25 seconds depending on distance travelled, and dealing 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+45% of ability power) magic damage. E

Rite of the Arcane

Xerath ascends to his true form and channels for 10 seconds. During this time he may Recast up to 4 / 5 / 6 times.

Recast: Xerath launches a magical artillery, dealing 180 / 230 / 280 (+40% of ability power) magic damage. For each champion hit, the artillery deals an additional 20 / 25 / 30 (+5% of ability power) magic damage. R

Xerath Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Teleport

Teleport is a unit-targeted summoner spell that blinks your champion to the target allied unit after a few seconds of channeling.

Teleport transforms into Unleashed Teleport after 10:00.

Xerath Runes

Xerath Items

Xerath Ability Order

Xerath Matchups Overview

Strong against

Corki

Mel

Azir

Diana

Viktor

Vel'Koz

Weak against

Irelia

Fizz

Naafiri

Katarina

Akshan

Qiyana

Xerath Tips and Tricks

Stand as far back as possible and use your range advantage to harass and poke the enemy laners. Delay a team fight as long as possible while you try to poke the enemy down with your abilities. Look to fight when the enemy is low. Prioritize using your Q and W when the enemy is inside the minion wave. This will help you push the wave and poke them at the same time.

Xerath Best Build, Runes and Items

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Xerath Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Coup de Grace and Presence of Mind in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Luden's Companion as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Horizon Focus. For your last three items, you should build Shadowflame, Void Staff and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E.

Optional

Your second option for Xerath Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Luden's Companion, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Horizon Focus as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Dark Harvest as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Luden's Companion as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Horizon Focus. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Xerath Mid build, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blackfire Torch as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Liandry's Torment as third item. The last three options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Horizon Focus. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E.

Situational Xerath Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or taking specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state and your matchup to plan your Xerath build accordingly. For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.